Intraoperative spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in coats' disease

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2012 Jul 26:43 Online:e80-4. doi: 10.3928/15428877-20120719-01.

Abstract

The authors describe the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography findings in three patients undergoing examinations under anesthesia for treatment of Coats' disease. Patients were treated using a multifaceted approach of intravitreal bevacizumab and indirect diode laser vascular ablation. A handheld, portable spectral-domain optical coherence tomography system was used as a novel and critical intraoperative tool in differentiating Coats' disease from diffuse retinoblastoma and other simulating conditions and to monitor reductions in subretinal and intraretinal exudation during the course of treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use
  • Bevacizumab
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Care
  • Laser Therapy
  • Male
  • Point-of-Care Systems
  • Retinal Telangiectasis / diagnosis*
  • Retinal Telangiectasis / therapy
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Bevacizumab